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Happy Valentines Day! Whether you've got elaborate plans with your partner, are spending a fun Galentines with your friends, or enjoying a day of self-care - today is just another excuse to treat yourself. Every year the Valentines Day memes get better and better, and make the bitter sting of being alone on V Daythat much easier.
However, when it comes to the legend of Saint Valentine - there are multiple theories. One telling says that Saint Valentine refused to convert to paganism and was executed by Roman Emperor Claudius II. Before his death he miraculously healed the daughter of his jailer, who then converted to Christianity along with his family.
But another legend says Saint Valentine was a Roman priest who performed weddings for soldiers forbidden to marry. At the time of a Roman emperor believed married soldiers did not make good warriors meaning young men could not marry. So, Saint Valentine wore a ring with a Cupid on it as a symbol of love that helped soldiers recognise him. And, before greeting cards, he handed out paper hearts to remind Christians of their love for God.
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Shorter sleep among adolescents is associated with lower fruit and vegetable consumption the following day - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical ActivityBackground Insufficient sleep has been associated with weight gain and metabolic dysregulation, with one suggested mechanism being through reduction in diet quality. Experimental evidence supports a causal effect of sleep timings on diet but this may not be applicable to a free-living adolescent population. In this analysis we use daily measures of sleep timings and diet quality, to examine the effect of sleep duration and timing on diet quality the following day among free-living adolescents. Methods The ROOTS study is a prospective cohort recruited from secondary schools in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk (UK). Participants (n = 815) at mean age 15.0y (SD 0.3y) completed a diet diary and wore a combined heart rate and accelerometer device over 4 consecutive days. Sleep duration and timing (midpoint) were derived from acceleration and heart rate traces, while daily energy density and fruit and vegetable intake were calculated from dietary data. Analyses were performed at day-level (1815 person-days). Multilevel random effects models were used to test associations between sleep each night and subsequent day diet, with daily sleep and diet measures nested within individuals and schools, and adjusted for day-level and individual-level confounding variables. Results Adolescents slept a mean of 7.88 hrs (SD 1.10) per night, reporting a mean energy density of 2.12 kcal/g (SD 0.48) and median energy-adjusted daily fruit and vegetable intake of 137.3 g (IQR 130.4). One hour shorter sleep duration was associated with lower intake of fruit and vegetables (-6.42 g, 95%CI -1.84, -10.99) the following day. An association with higher dietary energy density (0.016 kcal/g, 95%CI 0.034, -0.002) the following day was observed but did not reach statistical significance. Sleep timing was not associated with either fruit and vegetable intake (-2.52 g/d, 95%CI -7.66, 2.62) or dietary energy density (-0.001 kcal/g, 95%CI -0.022, 0.020). Conclusions Our observational findings from a free-livin
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